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(he didn't get cleared by the NCAA to enroll at UNM - and I'd get a kick out of it if he signed with OU instead of UNM on the second try. :ez-roll: :ez-roll: )
Lobo Recruit Jarion Henry Enters California “Basketball Academy”
By Mark Smith / Journal Staff Writer on Sep. 14, 2011
It’s finally official: Jarion Henry will not be a New Mexico Lobo this semester and probably won’t be this basketball season.
Next year is still up in the air.
On Wednesday, La Jolla Prep Basketball Academy coach Bobby Bossman told the Journal that the 6-foot-9 forward has enrolled in his school, which is just outside of San Diego.
“I love him,” Bossman said. “Without question he can fit right in. The kid is 6-9, skilled, sees the floor, shoots it well from deep and just has a great feel for the game.”
Last spring, Henry signed a national letter of intent to play for UNM this season. But he failed to graduate from Kimball High in Dallas, then took summer classes there hoping to be cleared by the NCAA. He still has not been cleared and has yet to enroll at New Mexico.
UNM coach Steve Alford did not return a request for comment.
On Wednesday, when asked if he was going to La Jolla Prep, Henry told the Journal it “was possible.” He said he still hadn’t decided.
He said he was still waiting for word from the NCAA about his eligibility, and that he would decide on Friday if he would go to La Jolla.
Bossman, however, says that decision has already been made, and Henry has been in San Diego “for the last few days.”
La Jolla Prep is a basketball school. Its website says, “The goal at La Jolla Prep is to develop the best prep basketball players in the country.”
As far as education, Bossman says the school doesn’t have classes but that Henry will attend nearby Julian Charter School. Henry will take one class this semester, and Bossman said it will be a high-school level class.
Julian Charter School’s website (juliancharterschool.org) lists curriculum options for grades K-12, not beyond.
Tuition at La Jolla Prep, meanwhile, is nearly $29,000, and Bossman said “quite a few” of his players come from well-off backgrounds.
He said the school does offer scholarships, but “they are limited. It all depends on the kid’s situation.”
He said he didn’t know Henry’s situation, nor did he know how much of the tuition the scholarships covered.
If Henry were to get cleared by the NCAA prior to the end of this semester, he could still enroll at UNM for the spring semester and become eligible. But Bossman says it’s extremely rare for any of his players to leave in the middle of the season for college.
“I’d say 99.9 percent of all of our guys stay for the full year,” he said.
Henry’s national letter of intent is binding as long as he is cleared by the NCAA. If he is not cleared, other schools can again recruit him.
Henry created a stir even during his recruitment, initially for uttering a series of N-words in a YouTube video created to attract “all the females.” Since announcing his commitment to UNM, he has been on a tweeting spree about his daily life. Lobo coach Steve Alford disallows players in his program to have Twitter accounts.
Lobo Recruit Jarion Henry Enters California “Basketball Academy”
By Mark Smith / Journal Staff Writer on Sep. 14, 2011
It’s finally official: Jarion Henry will not be a New Mexico Lobo this semester and probably won’t be this basketball season.
Next year is still up in the air.
On Wednesday, La Jolla Prep Basketball Academy coach Bobby Bossman told the Journal that the 6-foot-9 forward has enrolled in his school, which is just outside of San Diego.
“I love him,” Bossman said. “Without question he can fit right in. The kid is 6-9, skilled, sees the floor, shoots it well from deep and just has a great feel for the game.”
Last spring, Henry signed a national letter of intent to play for UNM this season. But he failed to graduate from Kimball High in Dallas, then took summer classes there hoping to be cleared by the NCAA. He still has not been cleared and has yet to enroll at New Mexico.
UNM coach Steve Alford did not return a request for comment.
On Wednesday, when asked if he was going to La Jolla Prep, Henry told the Journal it “was possible.” He said he still hadn’t decided.
He said he was still waiting for word from the NCAA about his eligibility, and that he would decide on Friday if he would go to La Jolla.
Bossman, however, says that decision has already been made, and Henry has been in San Diego “for the last few days.”
La Jolla Prep is a basketball school. Its website says, “The goal at La Jolla Prep is to develop the best prep basketball players in the country.”
As far as education, Bossman says the school doesn’t have classes but that Henry will attend nearby Julian Charter School. Henry will take one class this semester, and Bossman said it will be a high-school level class.
Julian Charter School’s website (juliancharterschool.org) lists curriculum options for grades K-12, not beyond.
Tuition at La Jolla Prep, meanwhile, is nearly $29,000, and Bossman said “quite a few” of his players come from well-off backgrounds.
He said the school does offer scholarships, but “they are limited. It all depends on the kid’s situation.”
He said he didn’t know Henry’s situation, nor did he know how much of the tuition the scholarships covered.
If Henry were to get cleared by the NCAA prior to the end of this semester, he could still enroll at UNM for the spring semester and become eligible. But Bossman says it’s extremely rare for any of his players to leave in the middle of the season for college.
“I’d say 99.9 percent of all of our guys stay for the full year,” he said.
Henry’s national letter of intent is binding as long as he is cleared by the NCAA. If he is not cleared, other schools can again recruit him.
Henry created a stir even during his recruitment, initially for uttering a series of N-words in a YouTube video created to attract “all the females.” Since announcing his commitment to UNM, he has been on a tweeting spree about his daily life. Lobo coach Steve Alford disallows players in his program to have Twitter accounts.
